Hello all,

My Mini S has only 3000 miles on it, so Id rather not risk the warranty coverage just yet! Will installing a JCW air intake cause problems next time i have to bring it into the dealer for any issue that may come up?

Id rather not have to pay the dealer to install it, but if it risks my warranty I may have to.

Any opinions?

 

The easiest way of keeping the warranty in tact is to have the dealer install it -- plus I believe there's a software upgrade associated with the JCW intake. I've heard rumors that installing it yourself can be fine, but if the warranty is that important to you, call the dealer's service department and ask them directly.

 

There is no software upgrade associated with installing just the intake. The software upgrade is meant for the larger injectors that come with the JCW 200 > 210 upgrade kit.

It's a straight forward install that should in no way effect your warranty if you follow the official instructions. More than likely your dealer won't even think twice seeing it there since it's a MINI approved part.

 

Anyone know what the going rate is for a dealer install?

 

Anywhere from $95 - $115 an hour depending on dealer.

 

I have been corrected!!!

 

Except in Northern California, where they're around $150

I believe the book rate for the install is 1.5 hours.

 

.5 for the work and 1.0 to screw money out of "valued customers"

 

Got a quote of $95 from my dealer.. now if i could fiind a set up JCW injectors as well...

 

Couldn't you go aftermarket? If something happends switch the intake to the stock one and go to the dealer...how would they ever know!?

-Cody

 

Oh they have ways to find out Not all techs are idiots, and the BMW/MINI FSEs(Field Service Engineers) can usually figure out what happened. The BMW/MINI diagnostic machine tells you pretty much everything. How many times revlimiter's been hit, if you overreved it (downshifted 3rd to 1st in 6k rpm), a/f values etc. But w/ minor mods like CAI won't be a problem Just stay away from heavy duty mods and you'll be fine warranty wise

 

Isn't that info stored in the DME and that has to be sent in to get that sort of data? That's the way it was on the BMWs anyway, the had to send it in to determine if the car was over-revved and they did this on many E46 M3s with the engine blow ups (or any car with engine failure). It did not indicate when the over-revv happened though, making proof the owner did it next to impossible.

I'd be curious if it was different in the Mini (or changed recently in bimmers).

 

From my knowledge you should be able to access the info just using the GT1 (BMW diagnostic machine). Only reason DMEs are sent in is if they're replaced under warranty for engineers to find out what went wrong w/ it. There are certain information in the DME that's not accessible through the GT1 but that's more specialized info. But I'll check on Monday and see if there's an option to check for overrev.

The problem with the E46 M3s were that the ones w/ SMGs were blowing up also so they couldn't determine whether it was owner fault or vehicle fault. I don't believe sending the DMEs in was due to overrev info not being available on the GT1.

Anyways I'm pretty sure that there is a way to check overrev occured through the GT1. Might not tell exactly what RPMs were reached but at least how many times factory revlimit was exceeded should be available.